Pietersen Goes Top Of England MVP Table - 17/11/2008 - The Professional Cricketers' Association

Pietersen Goes Top Of England MVP Table - 17/11/2008

After his heroics against South Africa at the back end of the summer it appeared Kevin Pietersen could do no wrong, but the honeymoon period is definitely over for England's captain, formerly known as Midas.

England were outplayed in every department by an in-form Indian side in the first one-day international from Rajkot but it's not all bad news for Pietersen as his innings of 63 from 56 balls propels him to the top of the overall England MVP.

Pietersen's renowned for his flamboyance but he's also a model of consistency continuing from where he left off at the end of the England's international summer. Having scored 94 and 100 in his last two Tests against South Africa he notched a 90 and a 40 against them in the ODIs as well as taking important wickets. Pietersen has now scored 980 runs for England across all forms of cricket since mid May including three Test hundreds and his one-day international hundred at the Riverside against New Zealand where he unveiled the switch-hit. He is ranked third in the ODI MVP.

Stuart Broad remains in second place in the overall MVP after the first one-dayer. Having battled back from injury to claim his spot in the side the Nottinghamshire bowling all-rounder found conditions tough with ball in hand conceding 74 runs from his ten overs, but he did contribute 26 runs at better than a run-a-ball in the run chase. Broad has score 334 runs and taken 34 wickets across all cricket. He leads the ODI MVP by 18 points having scored 54 runs and taken 17 wickets.

Jimmy Anderson drops from first to third in the overall MVP in the space of one game. His eight overs for 52 runs was not a disaster but an indication that the bowlers might find India a hard place to rack up big MVP points. Anderson heads the Test MVP having taken 34 Test wickets against New Zealand and South Africa but found the going tougher in the shorter forms. He lies 11th in the ODI MVP.

Andrew Flintoff surged up the rankings at the end of the summer. The big all-rounder showed what England had been missing with a series of stellar performances with bat and ball. He averages more points per game than any other England player: 15.64 overall and 12.99 in one-day internationals. Despite having played just five completed one-dayers, Flintoff is up to second in the ODI MVP behind Broad. He has scored 191 runs including two scores of 78 and has taken 14 wickets. Across all cricket he has scored 304 runs and taken 23 wickets, which sees him in fourth place in the overall MVP

Ian Bell occupies fifth spot overall and fourth in the ODI MVP. In 10 completed ODIs Bell has failed to make double figures just once yet has recorded just the solitary fifty. On India's flat batting pitches England's one-day opener will hope to improve that ratio. He has 319 runs in one-day internationals and 756 across all forms.

For more information and to see the full tables and leaders in individual competitions click on the links below.

Overall Rankings - MVP
LVCC Rankings
Friends Provident Rankings
Twenty20 Rankings
NatWest Pro40 Rankings